KILLED IN ACTION. BIRCHINGTON R.A.F. SERGEANT'S DEATH.Sgt. Albert John (sic) Pettman, R.A.F., son of the late Mr. George H. Pettman and of Mrs. Pettman, of Crescent-road, Birchington, has been killed on active service.

Twenty-seven years of age, Sgt. Pettman, who was a wireless operator-air gunner, took part in the search for the German ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau when they escaped from Brest, but was not engaged in the action.

An old boy of Margate Central School, Sgt. Pettman was a prominent sportsman and played for both Birchington Football and Cricket Clubs.

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